Immigration

Some businesses in downtown Los Angeles have boarded up windows and taken other precautions ahead of a weekend of demonstrations on the heels of a tumultuous week. Part of downtown Los Angeles — a few blocks around City Hall and the federal detention center — became the epicenter this week for protests over immigration enforcement raids. The protests remained largely…

Some businesses in downtown Los Angeles have boarded up windows and taken other precautions ahead of a weekend of demonstrations. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News on Friday June 13, 2025.

A family-owned Mexican restaurant in Harlingen gave away its food after ICE agents detained the owner and most of the staff, family members say.

The plea was the first chance the Maryland construction worker has had in a U.S. courtroom to answer the Trump administration’s allegations against him.

The search for four detainees who went missing from an immigration detention center in New Jersey a day ago continues Friday, with federal authorities confirming the group escaped the facility. The detainees were being held at the Delaney Hall facility in Newark, where Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been holding individuals who are facing possible deportation. It wasn’t clear...

Los Angeles prepares for more ICE raids and protests as the legal dispute intensifies over control of the California National Guard. See live updates below.

A hearing is set for next week on the legal dispute between President Trump and California over command of the National Guard. NBC4 legal analyst Royal Oakes explains Friday June 13, 2025 on Today in LA.

Major sporting events are in LA this weekend. Brittany Hope reports for Today in LA on Friday June 13, 2025.

The military troops activated in Los Angeles will continue to stay in the city after a federal appeals court paused a previous order from a judge that gave control back to California. Karma Dickerson reports for the NBC4 News on June 12, 2025.

Steve Woolford has been a resource counselor with the GI Rights Hotline for two decades and says the hotline has been receiving more calls than usual. 

After more than 30 farmworkers were detained in Ventura County in recent days, the region’s farming community is living in terror and being pushed into the shadows, a coalition of immigration advocacy groups said Thursday. Among the 35 people detained, 23 of them were Mexican nationals while the rest had a varying national origin, according to 805UndocuFund Executive Director Primitiva…

Images of immigrations raids around Orange County are making some people afraid to go to work or even move around in their community. Amber Frias reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on June 12, 2025.

Governor Gavin Newsom went after Donald Trump Thursday following a judge’s decision to block the president’s mobilization of National Guard troops in Los Angeles. In a press conference, Newsom said he was “gratified” with Judge Charles Breyer’s decision that would return control over the California National Guard back to the Governor beginning Friday at noon. “Today was really about...

A federal judge ruled to block the Trump administration from activating the National Guard in LA, saying the president exceeded his authority.

The advocates called for an end to ICE raids after dozens of immigrant workers were detained Tuesday in Ventura County. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

Sen. Padilla said he wondered how ICE agents are treating farmworkers, cooks and other immigrants. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, 2025.

On Wednesday, a local grassroots hotline received reports of ICE sightings until after 7 p.m.

LA Mayor Karen Bass slammed federal agents for throwing Sen. Alex Padilla to the ground while issuing another curfew tonight.

The clash between California and the Trump administration reached a new level as Department of Homeland Security Kristin Noem held a news conference in Los Angeles. 

After Sen. Alex Padilla interrupted a news conference by the Department of Homeland Security, the senior senator from California was forced to the ground before agents handcuffed him.